New AutoCAD/Inventor/MATLAB/Gaming Rig

[uakron_6811]

Hello everyone. I am brand new to these forums, so please excuse me if this post was made in the wrong area. I am working on selecting parts for a new rig to run AutoCAD Mechanical 2013, Inventor 2013, MATLAB, and various modern games. I am a sophomore in mechanical engineering so I will only be drawing/creating mildly complex things in AutoCAD/Inventor; however, my school does teach very heavily in MATLAB, so that performance aspect is important. Below are the system specs as I have it currently:

 

CPU: Core i5-2500K (plan to OC to about 4.3-4.4GHz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60

Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX

Memory: G.Skill Ares 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz RAM

HDD/SSD: 2TB 7200rpm + 60GB Corsair Force Series 3 in Smart Response setup

Video Card: MSI Twin Frozr III OC GTX 560 Ti 448 Core 1280MB

Montior: 21.5" Acer LED

 

Altogether this system is going to cost me $1395, which is just under my budget of $1400. Keep in mind this is going to be (has to be due to limited space) an ITX build, so I am limited on component size. My question is will this setup run the above software within reason for moderately complex designs? Thanks in advance.

[tzframpton]

Looks good, but go 16GB instead of only 8GB. Definitely a "mid grade" rig.

[PotGuy]

My home computer has quad i5 3570k, GeForce 670 gpu and 8Gb ram. Mid-grade rig, though if I were to sue it for AutoCAD I would upgrade ram to 16.

[JD Mather]

I think you are fine, and you can always increase RAM later if you find that you need more.

 

If you have to use the 2013 versions you might stick to Win 7 OS.

[PotGuy]

I use MS 07 home.

 

Works well.

[PotGuy]

So, did buy that rig?

[Ski_Me]

You don't need more ram just faster ram 1600mzh is good but your running a ssd give it ram that can keep up search for these 2 part numbers at newegg

Mfr Part #: AX3U2133XW8G10-2X

Mfr Part #: AX3U2400GW8G11-DG2

These days a fast proc means nothing if your ram is slow. Now that intel has done away with the frontside bus fast ram is more important than ever.